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Public research in regional networks of innovators: a comparative study of four East-German regions
Öffentliche Forschung in regionalen Netzwerken von Innovatoren: eine vergleichende Studie von vier ostdeutschen Regionen
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Abstract Universities and public research organizations are said to be integrative and essential elements of a functioning innovation system. We analyze four East German regional networks of innovators and investigate the characteristic role of public research within these networks by applying methods of soc... view more
Universities and public research organizations are said to be integrative and essential elements of a functioning innovation system. We analyze four East German regional networks of innovators and investigate the characteristic role of public research within these networks by applying methods of social network analysis using patent data. Our results show that universities and non-university institutions of public research are key actors in all regional networks. Differences between regional innovative performance seem to be related to differences in the structural properties of the networks.... view less
Classification
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
Political Economy
Free Keywords
innovator networks; public research; R&D cooperation; scientist mobility
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
p. 1349-1368
Journal
Regional Studies, 43 (2009) 10
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400802251460
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)